Mike Law
The K&K Bass Max is my favorite upright bass pickup, period. I have tried so many different pickups and nothing else is even close. A lot of other bass pickups “recommend” using a preamp, but with the Bass Max I plug straight into my amp. No preamps…nothing…. just my bass, a cord and my amp.
The volume is always extremely loud before feedback. I have played on festival stages standing within a foot of a giant 8x10 amp and had no feedback. When I was trying other pickups I always had trouble with feedback. It was awful trying to find the culprit of feedback. I changed strings, I changed pickups, I bought preamps, I tried different amp settings...on and on and on. It was an awful hole I was digging and getting nowhere. After I got the Bass Max all of those problems disappeared.
When I do travel gigs and use rental basses I bring my Bass Max with me it is so easy to install and I know I am going to get MY SOUND with whatever I am using. The ¼” jack mount works with any bass and is by far the best jack system of any bass pickup. I can use the pickup on either side of the bridge wing and both sides work great depending on your needs with a specific bass. The Bass Max has a legitimate, sturdy and professional jack mount. A lot of other pickups use plastic zip ties or other lame excuses to mount their pickups. The tone is perfect for me, all of my favorite records this pickup projects the exact sound I had in my head. The Bass Max has just made life very easy. I get compliments on my sound all of the time and when people ask me I always tell them I use the Bass Max.
Mike Law is a Blues Bassist from Connecticut-USA. Upright bass is ALWAYS preferred but he also ‘doubles’ on electric bass as well. Mike is a first call bass player in the American blues and roots scene. Most specifically he prides himself on playing with blues harmonica players, some of the best players of all time. Mike grew up always playing blues, he started on drums, then harmonica and vocals, then guitar. It took him over 20 years of playing to realize his true calling was upright bass. He has studied with some of the best blues bassists of all time and learned under their wings. Players like Preston Hubbard, Marty Ballou, Ronnie James Weber, John Bazz, Larry Taylor, Mudcat Ward and more. In just a few years Mike has played some of the biggest blues festivals in the world with some of the best players on the scene.
